In September 2021, six years after he left The Every day Present, Jon Stewart made his grand return to the TV realm with The Downside with Jon Stewart, a present affairs sequence obtainable to Apple TV+ subscribers. Stewart and his group produced 20 episodes throughout two seasons, and a 3rd season was supposed to start capturing within the coming weeks. Nonetheless, it’s been revealed that The Downside with Jon Stewart has come to an abrupt finish, and this reportedly is because of main artistic variations between the host and Apple.
Per sources who spoke with The New York Instances, the 2 sides lower ties simply days in the past, and members of the present’s workers had been knowledgeable about this simply as we speak. This sudden transfer apparently stems from Stewart and Apple executives moving into “disagreements over a few of the matters and company” on the present. Stewart reportedly instructed the workers that “potential present matters associated to China and synthetic intelligence” prompted concern from these executives, and there was additionally “potential for additional artistic disagreements” regarding the 2024 presidential election.
So with that, Jon Stewart’s newest internet hosting gig has wrapped up after simply two years, a far cry from the 16 years he was on The Every day Present. Though The Downside with Jon Stewart initially had hassle grabbing viewers, it began to choose up steam in Season 2 thanks to numerous viral clips. This second batch of episodes additionally led to the present being being nominated for Excellent Discuss Collection on the seventy fifth Primetime Emmy Awards, which can air on January 15, 2024.
In the long run, although, apparently Apple wasn’t eager on a few of the matters The Downside with Jon Stewart deliberate to discover in Season 3, so the corporate determined to half methods with Jon Stewart quite than danger potential controversies. It’s actually not the one discuss present to not stick round lengthy, with a few of the more moderen cancellation examples being Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj and The Break with Michelle Wolf and (each of which had been viewable with a Netflix subscription), and A Little Late Night time with Lilly Singh, which aired on NBC.
Judging by this report, it doesn’t sound like The Downside with Jon Stewart shall be shopped round to different streaming companies. As such, it’s unclear if Stewart will begin on the lookout for one other internet hosting alternative, or if he’s content material with now not persevering with with this sort of skilled endeavor. Shortly after he exited The Every day Present, Stewart signed a four-year cope with HBO to host a present and produce unique digital content material, however by Might 2017, these plans had been scrapped.
Relaxation assured although, if/when it’s introduced that Jon Stewart will host one other TV present, or if he has another type of main challenge lined up, we’ll let you already know. However for now, use our 2023 TV schedule to maintain monitor of what programming is left to debut this yr.
